Learn one small skill every day

But he didn't ask me or tell me, so he didn't know I had been suspended from school.

White's father also goes to work as usual.

Bai Miao felt indifferent to the punishment of being suspended from school.

This kind of school isn't very interesting.

The only pity is that we can't go see tomorrow to see if Andy and the other three have turned back into human form.

Should I go stake it out after school tomorrow?

Back home, the television was, as always, reporting on the murders in the town of Hardman. The victims' residences were moving steadily from north to south and were expected to reach White's area soon.

Meanwhile, the news repeatedly emphasized that residents must lock their doors and windows at night and seal off all ventilation ducts and other areas connected to the outside world.

How could the murderer have crawled into the house through the ventilation duct to commit the crime?

Bai Miao felt this was a bit outrageous; that thing should only be big enough for one cat to pass through.

However, just to be on the safe side, Bai Miao went to the bathroom and blocked the ventilation ducts.

To avoid listening to White's mother's nagging, Bai Miao went back to his room and locked himself in, while seriously considering possible ways to break the deadlock.

My reflection in the mirror shows my facial features as a vortex, but I can actually feel the structure of my features. Is my vision being interfered with?

People who are either well-intentioned or fearful of White will not be affected by this interference.

What caused those garbled characters when entering the instance?

Bai Miao felt that he was just one thread away from untangling this ball of yarn.

As he finished get off work, White's father returned home with the familiar sound of brakes.

He didn't drink alcohol at dinner tonight, and Bai Miao took the opportunity to observe him more closely.

White's father seemed to be learning new words by watching TV programs, but in the end, the words he said most often were still "hello" and "I love you".

It's like a broken record.

Just as Bai Miao had predicted, White's father didn't mention Bai Miao's affairs at school at all, or rather, he didn't care at all.

White's mother was unusually quiet in front of her father.

Another day passed, and Bai Miao was still on his way to find the conditions for passing the level.

The next day, Bai Miao had nothing to do at home and spent his time watching television programs.

There were 16 channels on the TV, eight of which were duplicates, seemingly local channels from the town of Hadman.

Judging that it was almost time for school to end, Bai Miao walked towards the school at a leisurely pace.

There was a huge sycamore tree outside the school gate. Bai Miao stood under the tree, watching the students leave school one by one, trying to find Andy and the others among them.

These four people were inseparable at school, like conjoined twins, and were easy to tell apart.

The moment the four stepped out of the school gate, Bai Miao spotted them.

At the same time, the four of them also discovered Bai Miao.

Unfortunately, they did not regain their normal human form after yesterday's beating; in fact, their distortion worsened.

Is the beating therapy ineffective?

Bai Miao once again put himself in the role of a doctor, believing that these distorted people in his eyes were all sick and needed treatment.

The four men walked aggressively toward Bai Miao, who wondered if they hadn't been taught a lesson yet.

That's a possibility, after all, judging from the results, I didn't achieve final victory; I lost money and my studies were interrupted.

Perhaps these four people secretly thought they were simply caught off guard and ambushed.

There was no fear involved.

That must be it.

"follow me."

This is not the place to start anything.

If we want to teach them a profound lesson and leave a lasting impression, then we must draw some blood.

Like Duke who had his head smashed by a wrench, he behaved himself with Barney the next day.

"Hey! You're really good at fighting, huh?"

Andy asked Bai Miao a question from behind.

"You want us to come with you? Do you even have the guts to come with us?"

"lead the way."

As if worried that Bai Miao might suddenly run away, Andy and the other three surrounded Bai Miao and went to a train culvert near the school.

The place was covered in graffiti, reeked of smoke and urine, and littered with the vomit of drunkards.

According to the map, passing through this culvert will lead to leaving the town, but Bai Miao currently has no plans to use it.

I don't know what will happen if I go out.

If you're lucky, you might clear the game on your first try; if you're unlucky, what then?

Bai Miao cannot gamble.

Another reason was that the other side of the culvert was blocked by a large rock, where a dozen or so thugs with hip-hop styled outfits were squatting. They were carrying a speaker, and the sound kept echoing in the culvert. When they saw Bai Miao and his group, they excitedly walked towards Bai Miao.

Andy and his three companions blocked Bai Miao's escape route.

"Come on! Let's see what you're capable of!"

Andy said provocatively to Bai Miao.

"If you kneel down right now and eat all the vomit on this ground, I'll let you go!"

As they spoke, someone even took out their phone and aimed it at Bai Miao, wanting to capture his embarrassing moment of begging for mercy later.

"They really do forget how they were taught a lesson."

Bai Miao braced himself against the wall and landed behind Andy and the others.

"catch him!"

Andy thought Bai Miao was going to run away, but Bai Miao stood still and said to the group of people in the culvert, "Alright, guys, it's time to clean up the culvert."

Guess who's today's shit-eating king?

"Boom!"

Bai Miao kicked Andy in the chest, sending him flying several meters away, and a brawl officially broke out under the culvert.

The train roared through the underpass, its rumble drowning out the screams coming from inside.

Bai Miao stood at the entrance of the culvert, shook his bloodied fist, looked at the group of people inside the culvert who were lying on the ground eating vomit and cigarette butts, and snatched Andy's phone.

"Hehe! Turn your heads around, everyone!"

The group of people shuddered and, not daring to be slow, turned their heads as Bai Miao had instructed.

"Click."

"You look great on camera! I'm going back to eat now, have a good meal and drinks!"

Bai Miao put away Andy's phone with satisfaction and started his journey home.

Chapter Fifty-Two: I Demand Compensation

When Bai Miao returned home, White's father had already come home from get off work and was watching the daily sports program. It was clear that he really liked sports like baseball and American football.

"You're just wandering around outside instead of going to school, aren't you? Don't you know how dangerous it is in town lately? If you're not going to school, why don't you stay home and help with some chores? You have no sense at all!"

As soon as he got home, White's mother began to berate Bai Miao without any mercy.

White's father didn't care at all that Bai Miao wasn't going to school; he was just watching TV with great interest.

Bai Miao didn't care about being scolded like that. In the real world, he had no parents, and experiencing a distorted form of maternal love here was a novel feeling.

"Goodbye!"

White's father, who was sitting on the sofa, suddenly uttered a new word, which almost made Bai Miao draw his holy sword.

After realizing that it was just White's father having periodic bouts of madness, Bai Miao breathed a sigh of relief and went to the kitchen to help bring out the prepared food.

If I'm even a little slow, I'll probably get yelled at again.

After dinner, Bai Miao returned to his room and started playing with Andy's phone.

Andy's phone was the classic iPhone 4, which Bai Miao was quite familiar with. In Andy's phone's photo album, Bai Miao found many photos of White being forced to eat the bugs.

In the photo, the other people are surrounding White, looking at him with mocking expressions as he remains calm.

Bai Miao looked at the photo album and saw no trace of pain or anger on White's face.

On social media, Bai Miao discovered that Andy had uploaded these photos, which received many likes.

Bai Miao clicked into the homepages of all the people who liked his post and found that most of them were from the school.

In other words, the fact that White was bullied by Andy and others at school should be known throughout the entire school, but the principal still has the same attitude.

Bai Miao thought for a moment and then uploaded the photos he had just taken that day.

In the photo, Andy and his three friends, along with other thugs, are staring at the screen with horrified expressions, holding dusty filth in their hands.

"I treated my friends to a big meal, and they seemed to really enjoy my cooking." — White

With the caption prepared, Bai Miao posted the tweet using Andy's account.

But after waiting for almost half an hour, I didn't receive a single like.

Bai Miao then posted another message.

"What's going on? Why did my previous tweets get so many likes, but today's don't get a single one? I think I should ask those who didn't like it what they think."

Shortly after the tweet was posted, Bai Miao saw the number of likes displayed in the backend steadily increasing.

Bai Miao noted down the names of those who liked the post, and if there were photos on the homepage, he also noted their appearances.

I'll go to the school again tomorrow to see if Andy and the other three, along with those who liked the post, have returned to normal.